How the federal government backstops our economy
My son Owen and I just drove across half the country. He has a summer job in St. Paul, Minn., and we are giving him our 10-year-old car. Hence, a road trip! Driving along...
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Interactive 3D Visualizations of Voting in the 111th Congress
3D Interactive Visualization of US Senators’ Voting Records Click to interact. 3D Interactive Visualization of US Representatives’ Voting Records Click to interact. Ron Paul is the outlier on the lower left. The data points...
Jay Inslee to speak at NWroots
Congressman Jay Inslee will join Congressman Jim McDermott, former Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh, and Washington State Labor Council President Jeff Johnson at NWroots, the July 9th conference for liberal political activists, bloggers, candidates,...
Even the Chamber of Commerce wants this fee
The Seattle-PI has an article New business PAC to County: Support transit tax that should be an eye-opener for Tim Eyman and his anti-tax, anti-government allies. The article reports on the creation of a...
A 3D Interactive Visualization of Washington State Senators' Voting Records
Click here for visualization. You can use your arrow keys to navigate in 3D space and compare senators’ voting scores along three dimensions:Â labor, environmental, and racial equity. It’s amazing how far apart Democrats...
NWroots to Feature Jim McDermott, Ujjal Dosanjh, & Jeff Johnson
Do you know about the NWroots Conference in Seattle on July 9th? NWroots is a conference for liberal political activists, bloggers, policy wonks, candidates, elected officials, and anyone who cares about progressive public policy....
Chris Hedges on the Death of the Liberal Class
I’m half way through Chris Hedges’ depressing and informative book, The Death of the Liberal Class. Hedges says, “The story began, I believe, in World War I, when there was a massive reconfiguration of...
Lights, Music, Action! Portland Boycott, Divest, Sanctions
and B Media Collective descend and dance for justice. B Media does some great work. Peace, justice, economic pressure. Boycotts work.
Organizing 101, Part II
I posted the first 4 points about organizing here. This is my condensed presentation of the 14 pages, the full presentation that is available here. This website title – The End of Capitalism –...
The Seattle Times: libertarian in the best and worst ways
Ever notice that people are mixed? I mean: parts of them are really good and laudable, but other parts are difficult to deal with or downright harmful. People can be kind to their children...